WoRMS taxon details
Ocnus capensis (Théel, 1886)
AphiaID: 210927
AphiaID: 210927
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Dendrochirotida (Order) > Cucumariidae (Family) > Ocnus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Ocnus Forbes & Goodsir, in Forbes, 1841 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cucumaria capensis Théel, 1886 Cucumaria capensis var. parva Mitsukuri, 1912 Pentacta squamosa Cherbonnier, 1970 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Deichmann, E. (1948). The Holothurian fauna of South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 11 (2): 325-376 [details] basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1984). Echinodermata of the Seychelles. In: (Ed) D. R. Stoddart. Biogeography and Ecology of the Seychelles Islands. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, The Hague. : 83 - 102. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Cherbonnier, G. (1970). Nouvelles especes d'holothuries des cotes d'Afrique du sud et du Mozambique. Bulletin du Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle ser 2 Tome 42 (1): 280-299. (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Mitsikuri, K. (1912). Studies on Actinopodous Holothuroidea. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 39(2): 1-284, 55 figures, 8 pls. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Thandar, A.S. (1991). The Cucumariid holothurians of southern Africa with the erection of a new genus. S. Afr. J. Zool. 26(3): 115 - 139. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Theel, H. (1886). Report on the Holothurioidea dredged by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Chall. Rep. Zool. No. xxxix: 290 pp. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Habitat: Habitat: Rock, khaki and black sand, gravel and nodules (Thandar, 1991). General distribution: SW Atlantic Ocean, E. Indies, Phillipine Islands, China and South Japan (Thandar, 1991). Also distributed in East Indies, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210927 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Paulay, G. (2013). Ocnus capensis (Théel, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210927 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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